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TriadFox

Triad's State of the World Rant

[Cross-posted from my FA]

Because FA is, um, FA, and everyone is on the other sites (as am I), I figure this is the best place to put a long, rambling piece of me venting about shit in the world that everyone is tired of hearing about and dealing with, myself included. So for the two or three of you that will read this, um, enjoy I guess?

So, as we are all well aware, the whole world is going to shit, as it always is. It's an election year in the US which means that everyone has their heads lodged so far up their own asses about people who are not qualified enough to clean my fucking toilet, much less run a country with enough arms to destroy this planet several times over. The racists and bigots are back with a vengeance across the "western" world I can't even smoke any weed right now to ignore the constant reminders that mainstream human societies are like, the worst fucking thing ever, as are the people who are complacent and participate in it. I guess that includes me as well...

We have the goddamned NYPD, one of the more discriminatory police forces in this country, painting goddamned rainbows on their cop cars in a fake show of solidarity to a group of people they targeted up until the point where it took 49 people getting murdered before the US decided that it was "cool" to finally support people who like to fuck people who don't conform to the culture's gender norms. Unfortunately, in a few months when everyone skulks back into their internet echo chambers, living only among people who agree with them on everything, the establishment can put the rainbow flag back in the closet and continue to oppress LGBT people, and everyone else who doesn't conform. Don't you just love how all of the people who have been saying that queer people have no rights and are less than human suddenly throw rainbows on everything in a media-influenced show of pseudo-solidarity so they can rake in that sweet, sweet, LGBT money...

And don't even get me started about these assholes who are running for president. Or Brexit, Or any of that shit. The western world's right-wingers are going full on idiot-fascist, and the "left" in the United States has no organization, and is currently represented under the auspices of what is in reality an, at best, center-right party, the Democrats. While the right in this country is running the worst person who has run in this country since I've been alive, the "left" is running another crap candidate solely on the platform that they aren't that other asshole. Let's get a hyper-secretive, "post 9-11" warmonger to run with Elizabeth Warren so that we can keep pretending that we give a fuck about social issues. Everyone knows the VP is a position for people who are viewed by the political machine as either laughingstocks (Biden, Gore), or dangerous sociopaths (Cheney). Yes please, let's pigeonhole the real progressives into positions that are a considered a farce. And the only major candidate who actually seemed to give a fuck about the people of the US and the world was screwed out of this race by none other than the Democratic Party itself, who obviously cannot actually run a real left-winger for president.

I criticize the left in the US the most because I agree with them on many things and I want to see them actually do what they say when it comes to lessening the wealth inequality gap, racial inequalities, and all of the other increasingly important issues that we absolutely need to deal with in a productive way. What do we get instead? A sad little "sit-in" about "gun control". Where was the sit-in for LGBT rights? Rights for people of color? Rights for refugees? Lessening the inequalities that the democrats claim to care about? Better services and care for people with mental health issues, drug addiction issues, and the homeless? Jobs going overseas? Kicking Wall Street in the ass? Making sure that the people of this nation don't keep falling through the cracks? Nope, just the same old token issues that these people can use to further their careers at the expense of the victims of the National Tragedy of the Week. While I agree that most civilians have no need to have "assault" rifles (no matter how fun they are to shoot at random shit in the desert ;3), this is just another way for these political assholes to use a token issue to further their careers. The only fuck they give about you is getting your vote and your money. Fuck them all.

Let's also not forget that the main reason that (T)rump is doing so well is all of the complaining that those of us on the left have done. If you all don't want this vile son of a bitch getting elected then you (and I, of course) should have ignored him, instead of giving him all of the free press that he could want. My god, the Democrats and left-wing media sources did more campaigning for him that he could have ever done on his own (judging by his current campaign finances). And now, because people always forget the cliche that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, we have racists like David Duke getting mentioned in the press again and some of the most horrible bigoted shit coming out of the mouth of the far-right wing candidate. And believe me, the reactionaries of the world are totally taking advantage of the drive for social change and coming out of the woodwork to subvert it. Doesn't it seem like a completely different lifetime ago when GWB came out and said the worst part of his presidency (to him) was when Kayne West called him a racist, because he didn't think that he was a racist (despite many of the policies of his administration)? Back when these people at least pretended that they weren't all of these things that (T)rump represents? God, I never thought I'd think of the post 9-11 Bush years as the "Good ol' days", but goddamn, it's starting to look that way. I'd say let's just amend the constitution to give Obama another term, but he's too smart to want that, and I don't blame him.

Ah, but anyway, enough of my bitching. I am now firmly convinced that the western world is going to be up shit creek here for a while, as the culture starts to swing back to a reactionary, right-wing, fascistic frame of mind. Five years ago I would have been saying "Take it to the streets!", but this time my suggestion is to hunker down for a little while, smoke weed or consume whatever life-lubricant that works for you, and hide out for a few months on this shit. Street protests do not work anymore, and the establishment is counting on you to do it so they can suppress you. So, for a little while at least, just stay home, immerse yourself in your furry or video game fantasy world and just say fuck it for a while. This election is only going to get worse, and I will bet good money that one of the political conventions (probably the one in Cleveland) is going to get really violent, like the DNC in '68. I have a feeling that people are going to get hurt or killed, and I hope to whatever higher power is out there that I am wrong about that. It's no longer about forcing change, it's about survival. Sure, vote and all, but otherwise, hunker down until this clusterfuck is over. As for my political opinion for the time being? Jill, not Hill. :D

And finally, I'd be a monstrous dick if I didn't end my bi-yearly political rant on a somewhat optimistic note. What we have here is a series of situations that, while godawful as fuck, present an unprecedented opportunity for growth, both on a societal level and a personal one. As they say, crisis is just another word for opportunity. Admittedly, it is pretty overly-idealistic to believe that world power structures are going to change for the better simply because it is the right thing to do.  But the absolute worst part is that we always expect our leaders to make all of the changes that we want. That way, we don't ever have to make them in ourselves. Taking responsibility is as important as it is difficult. Which is to say, a lot. But part of growing up is taking responsibility for yourself and your actions. If we are to grow up as a species, we need to not only do this on individual levels, but on a wide-scale level too. It's the only way to ensure that the inescapable power structures of the world do not fully do us in.  

Gather 'round kids, and let me tell you a little something about how the human race  and it's relationship with power. Do you know why the people in power always seem kind of shitty at best? Because they have to be. Power requires a certain level of nastiness to deal with. By the time people get into positions of real power in government, business, or whatever societal structure that they exist in, only the people who are either "psychopaths" or are capable of suppressing some of the more positive human elements of  themselves make it to the top. Also, no person is perfect, and all of us have skeletons in our closet, or have done things that we aren't proud of. The human race is still evolving from monkey to domesticated primate, to something much higher than that. But we aren't there yet. We need crises to grow, and evolution will not occur in this world without them. But if we continue to rely on others to do it for us, then we will always be slaves to cruel authoritarian social structures and states.

Until we take responsibility for our own attitudes, actions, lives and ideals, then this shit is going to keep happening. Like James Joyce wrote in Ulysses, "History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken." We each have to evolve as individuals, and hope that the critical mass of enough "awakened" people (and no, the people who use the word "sheeple" on the internet are not usually among them) will tip the scales in a more humanistic direction. It has been happening for a while, but it usually occurs too slowly for most modern people's infinitesimally short attention spans to note. But it is happening, and there will always, ALWAYS be a large quantity of good people, smart people, and people who are passionate about positive social change (and not just in a ego-based "SJW" sense, but a real one) in EVERY country, culture, society, political party, walk of life and group in general. And that's the dirty little secret that the mainstream, alternative medias, and fearmongers of the world don't want you to know. The Real Conspiracy. There are always far more of these people out there than the others. The mostly decent people are actually the majority, and once they stop letting themselves get influenced by the bullshit peddlers out there, then I think we'll make it. We've made it through much, much worse.

So I'd advise taking a break on the "real world" for a while, and everyone work on themselves and their lives, and don't let the nastiness of the world get to you if possible. And now, if I can take my own goddamned advice too, I think I'll be good. At least I only have three classes left before I finish school and can have a far less stressful life again. I should get back to work on that. Take it easy you all. ;3

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Added: 7 years, 9 months ago
 
Keeran
7 years, 9 months ago
Well, i have news for you. If Bernie isn't running as independent, then go for the Green Party and vote for Jill Stein.
TriadFox
7 years, 9 months ago
Already there with you, hence the "Jill not Hill" line in the journal.

I actually voted for Jill Stein in the last election too. :)
Keeran
7 years, 9 months ago
yeah, I see her more as our first female president than Hillary. that'll shut up the overseas feminists that think I'm a misogynist.
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